Evidence
Evidence, broadly construed, is anything presented in support of an assertion, because evident things are undoubted. There are two kind of evidence: intellectual evidence (the obvious, the evident) and empirical evidence (proofs). The mentioned support may be strong or weak. The strongest type of evidence is that which provides direct proof of the truth of an assertion. At the other extreme is evidence that is merely consistent with an assertion but does not rule out other, contradictory assertions, as in circumstantial evidence. In law, rules of evidence govern the types of evidence that are admissible in a legal proceeding. Types …
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PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 21 August 2024 English
This report analyses the election affidavits presented by sitting MPs and MLAs from across 28 states and 8 union territories in India to documents the status of the criminal cases …
1 charge related to Causing disappearance of evidence of offence, or giving false information to screen … Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act 1984, Evidence next date 08/05/2024, Case No. - RCT 321/2021 …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 1 August 2024 English
Biomass burning, used mainly for cooking, is a key contributor to Household Air Pollution (HAP). It poses health risks especially for women and children as they are directly exposed to …
exposure to air pollution in India by establishing evidence-based models for better air quality management …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 1 May 2024 English
This report was published in May 2024 by Access Now for the #KeepItOn campaign which promotes the end of internet shutdowns. The report is authored by Zach Rosson, Felicia Anthonio, …
*** Grave human rights abuses include cases where there is evidence of violence, including murder, torture, rape … nine countries recorded in 2022.19 Even still, evidence suggests that both for prior years and … internet shutdowns are an important piece of evidence in pursuing accountability for crimes against … internet to curb violence during moments of tension, evidence shows that shutdowns are ineffective at … ble that connects Guinea to the internet,100 evidence gathered by the Open Observatory of Network …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 26 March 2024 English
The India Employment Report 2024 was published by the Institute for Human Development (IHD) in collaboration with the International Labour Organization (ILO) on March 26, 2024. It is the third …
supply and demand sides, even though there is evidence of a gap between the X India Employment Report … socio-economic inclusion in training programmes, despite evidence that training positively relates to education …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 19 March 2024 English
IQAir, a Switzerland-based company working on air quality technology, released this report on March 19, 2024. It gives an overview of population weighted air quality data for the year 2023 …
strategy was not pursued due to enforcement and evidence gathering difficulties. In 2023 the Association …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 18 March 2024 English
The working paper highlights how inequality in India declined in the period after independence until the 1980s, after which it started rising again. The paper compares the wealth and income …
In line with earlier work, we find suggestive evidence that the Indian income tax system might be regressive … to enhance the study of inequality and enable evidence-based public debates. JEL codes: D31, E01, E21 … inequality will slow down by itself, historical evidence suggests that it can be kept in check via policy … with their analysis. 4 Other innovative pieces of evidence point to serious inequalities in recent years … of the richest segments of the population, as evidence from other countries suggests.24 This procedure …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 18 February 2024 English
This paper was published in the open-access scientific journal Heliyon, on February 18, 2024. It was written by Khaiwal Ravindra from Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh; …
projections for policymakers to examine the existing evidence for developing proper planning and policy formulation … India, leading to the development of robust, evidence-based policies and strategies. This will help … some radiation-scattering constituents. Recent evidence have revealed the influences of aerosols, particularly … misclassified due to a lack of biometeorological evidence. Further, a decreasing trend heatwaves events … quantify heat-attributable health impacts to inform evidence-based planning. This is evident from NDMA reports …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 12 February 2024 English
This is the first ever report on the ‘state of the world’s migratory species’ and was published through collaboration between UNEP-WCMC (UN Environment Programme - World Conservation Monitoring Centre) and …
Species for the first time sets out compelling evidence of the peril facing these awe- inspiring animals … for migratory species, by providing support for evidence-based decision-making by CMS Parties, and more … group of all migratory species. The available evidence suggests that the conservation status of many … of any freshwater eel7, with the first direct evidence of its journey from the Atlantic coast of Europe … analyses based on other datasets provide strong evidence for declines in the abundance of long-distance …
Jiva Institute of Vedic Studies · 21 January 2024 English
due to bacterial enhancement in the environment. However, research papers have established with evidence that no such increase in bacteria occurs. So is the information given in our scriptures erroneous …
However, research papers have established with evidence that no such increase in bacteria occurs. So is …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 1 January 2024 English
The 2024 SDG Gender Index by Equal Measures 2030, a coalition of civil society and non-profit organisations, delivers a critical and sobering message on the state of gender equality with …
together by a shared mission to ensure data and evidence drive advocacy and action on gender equality … stage of adolescent girls and young women The evidence is clear: when girls’ rights are realised, societies … advocates and decision-makers lack data and evidence on some of the most important gender equality … Congo, Burundi, Congo, and Haiti). Substantial evidence from ongoing conflicts continually reveal the … community and support structures. Despite ample evidence that women’s participation fosters more robust …